Business Analyst

Objectives of this Role

• Collaborate with stakeholders to craft vision and concept development of a product
• Take lead of scrum teams, defining product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, communicating with stakeholders throughout the project
• Work with internal and external contacts to analyse needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals
• Work closely with product management/business teams to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value
• Keep up with agile/scrum best practices and trends

• Product Backlog is one of the primary responsibilities of the business analyst
• He/she must own and define the product backlog with customers according to requirements.
• The Business analyst must first update the product backlog list.
• Following this activity, there must be proper prioritizing of the backlog based on urgency and criticality of the requirements.
• The proper sequence of development also needs to be appropriately charted out.
• This product backlog list needs to be updated continuously.
• As the products’ needs change and evolve, the backlog list also needs to be continually updated.
• The product backlog must be made available to all the stakeholders since it is dynamic and subject to many changes.

• A Business analyst must also be actively involved in the product development process.
• As the customer objectives and vision change, the same needs to be continuously monitored and communicated to the development team.
• A Business analyst must also be present and lead in all cadence and review calls and meetings.
• It is always good for a Business analyst to take the initiative and be a part of sprint review meetings while identifying areas of improvement.

• The Business analyst role is unique, and in that, he/she is the primary point of contact for all the relevant stakeholders.
• He/she must make sure there is an appropriate buy-in from customers along with management and development teams.
• This is important for the smooth execution of the project and product delivery.

• A Business analyst needs to have a clear perspective on customer goals and objectives.
• This needs to be adequately defined and communicated with all the relevant stakeholders.
• This includes the customer, development team, scrum master, project team, and the corresponding business managers.

• A Business analyst must have an adequate market and industry experience, not just to understand, but also anticipate customer needs.
• A Business analyst should also understand the customer requirements from a journey lifecycle perspective.
• This will help him/her know long term customer goals and anticipate changes and new requirements better.

• 3-5 years’ experience as a business analyst
• In-depth knowledge of agile process and principles
  • Scrum/Safe/KMP certified preferred
• Understanding of business value around features/functions
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to effectively manage conflicting stakeholder needs
• Ability to work along product management tools like
  • Story Management tool – Jira, Shortcut, ADO etc.
  • Workflow builder tools – Miro, Visio, Draw.io etc.
  • Prototyping tool – Axure, Invision